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Nor 295.9501v Patented Apri'l, 1884.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFF CE.

HUGH M. SHERWOOD, OFLINTON, INDIANA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,950, dated April 1, 1884. Application filed October 11, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGH M. SHERWOOD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Linton, in the county of Greene and State of Incliana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in H arrows, of which the followin is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This-invention relates to improvements in barrows.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a partof this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a plan. Figs. 3, 4:, and 5 are detailed views of some of the parts re- The letters A A indicate the beams forming the frame of the machine.

B is the draft-beam.

G is a hook for the team tothe harrow.

D is a metal plate bolted to the beam B, and having hooks e at each end, which en age with staples or eyebolts f, secured to the beams A, thus forming a flexible joint or hinge.

E is a T-shaped plate having hooks e. which, in like manner, engage with the staples or eyebolts f, attached to beams A, by means of which asecond hinge orflexiblejointis formed, and the beams A A and draft-beam B are fleXibly attached to each other.

F are metal plates secured .to the beams A by bolts K, and are perforated by bolt-holes g, by means of which the angle of the beams A and A to each other may be varied by shifting the bolt h from one set of holes 9 to another.

h is a nut to make the fastening secure. The plates F turn upon the bolt h, and thus form a flexible joint or hinge on a line with the center of the draftbeam B, upon which and upon the joints formed by plates D Eand staples c 6 one side of the harrow A A may be folded over the other.

G are metal plates pivotall y attached to the beams AA by bolts l, which secure the beams purpose of attachingthe A A to eachother and maintain them at the proper distance apart, and this may be varied by providing the plates G with additional boltholes for that purpose.

H are eyebolts, which are to furnish handles, by means of which one side of the barrow may be raisedat a time. By taking the bolt it out of the bars F, and turning these bars around on their'pivots K so as to be in a line with the, axis of the beams A, then unhooking the beams A A from their respective hooks e e, the beams A A may be brought close together, as the plates G are pivoted thereto by the bolts Z. This may be done after the beams are unhooked, when the harrow is divided into three separate parts each easily handled and handy to early or to stow away.

Folding one part of the harrow over the. other is a quick way to reduce the amount of room it will occupy, and to render itmore handy in loading or unloading it from the vehicle when it is to be carried toor removed from the field where it is intended to be used.

I are the harrow-teeth, which may be made of any of the forms in general use.

Having described my invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent and to claim 1s- In a harrow, the draftbeam 15, provided with the plate D, having curved hooks e, and the plate E, approximately of Tshape, having hooks e, in combination with eyebolts f f and beams A A, connected to each other by the pivoted plates G and the adjustable and pivoted plates F, having perforations g and bolt h, adapted to swing on a line with the axis of said beams, substantially as described, and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof .I affix presence of two'witnesses.

HUGH M. SHERWOOD.

Witnesses:

E. M. Moss, I. M. WINES.

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